H.J.R. 12

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CLIMATE CHANGE JOINT RESOLUTION

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2010 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Kerry W. Gibson

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Senate Sponsor:
Scott K. Jenkins

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LONG TITLE
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General Description:
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This joint resolution of the Legislature urges the United States Environmental
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Protection Agency to cease its carbon dioxide reduction policies, programs, and
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regulations until climate data and global warming science are substantiated.
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Highlighted Provisions:
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This resolution:
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. urges the United States Environmental Protection Agency to immediately halt its
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carbon dioxide reduction policies and programs and withdraw its "Endangerment
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Finding" and related regulations until a full and independent investigation of the
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climate data conspiracy and global warming science can be substantiated.
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Special Clauses:
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Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
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WHEREAS, proposed cap and trade legislation before the United States Congress,
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together with potential state actions to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2), would result in
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significantly higher energy costs to American consumers, business, and industry;
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WHEREAS, the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA)
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"Endangerment Finding" and proposed action to regulate CO2 under the Clean Air Act is based
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on flawed climate data and would place significant regulatory and financial burdens on all

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sectors of the nation's economy at a time when the nation's unemployment rate exceeds 10%;
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WHEREAS, global temperatures have been level and declining in some areas over the
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past 12 years;
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WHEREAS, the "hockey stick" global warming assertion has been discredited and
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climate alarmists' carbon dioxide-related global warming hypothesis is unable to account for
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the current downturn in global temperatures;
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WHEREAS, there is a statistically more direct correlation between twentieth century
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temperature rise and Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in the atmosphere than CO2;
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WHEREAS, outlawed and largely phased out by 1978, in the year 2000 CFC's began to
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decline at approximately the same time as global temperatures began to decline;
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WHEREAS, emails and other communications between climate researchers around the
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globe, referred to as "Climategate," indicate a well organized and ongoing effort to manipulate
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and incorporate "tricks" related to global temperature data in order to produce a global
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warming outcome;
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WHEREAS, there has been a concerted effort by climate change alarmists to
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marginalize those in the scientific community who are skeptical of global warming by
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manipulating or pressuring peer-reviewed publications to keep contrary or competing scientific
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viewpoints and findings on global warming from being reviewed and published;
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WHEREAS, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a blend of
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government officials and scientists, does no independent climate research but relies on global
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climate researchers;
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WHEREAS, Earth's climate is constantly changing with recent warming potentially an
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indication of a return to more normal temperatures following a prolonged cooling period from
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1250 to 1860 called the "Little Ice Age";
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WHEREAS, the climate change "gravy train," estimated at more than $7 billion
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annually in federal government grants, may have influenced the climate research focus and
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findings that have produced a "scientific consensus" at research institutions and universities;
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WHEREAS, the recently completed Copenhagen climate change summit resulted in
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little agreement, especially among growing CO2-emitting nations like China and India, and
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calls on the United States to pay billions of dollars to developing countries to reduce CO2
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emissions at a time when the United States' national debt will exceed $12 trillion;

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WHEREAS, the United States Department of Agriculture estimates that current
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legislation providing agriculture offsets and carbon credits to reduce CO2 emissions would
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result in tree planting on 59 million acres of crop and pasture land, damaging America's food
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security and rural communities;
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WHEREAS, according to the World Health Organization, 1.6 billion people do not
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have adequate food and clean water; and
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WHEREAS, global governance related to global warming and reduction of CO2 would
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ultimately lock billions of human beings into long-term poverty:
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of the state of Utah
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urges the United States Environmental Protection Agency to immediately halt its carbon
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dioxide reduction policies and programs and withdraw its "Endangerment Finding" and related
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regulations until a full and independent investigation of the climate data conspiracy and global
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warming science can be substantiated.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be sent to the United
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States Environmental Protection Agency and to the members of Utah's congressional
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delegation.